Jason Torpy, president of the Military Association of
Atheists and Freethinkers (MAAF) will be speaking at TWO special presentations for the Greater Los Angeles chapter of Americans United on the struggles
of atheists and humanists for equal treatment in the face of religious
bias in the US military.

Jason represents thousands of service members through
MAAF. The organization helps atheists and humanists in the military
build community while teaching leaders on how to avoid the appearance of
special privileges for religion. MAAF has help to set up over 20 local
communities on military installations and ships all over the world and
in all branches of service. In coalition with groups such as MRFF, AU,
and the ACLU, MAAF serves a key role in building community and rolling
back the tide of proselytism of our military.

Jason Torpy enlisted in the Army in 1994 as an Intelligence Interceptor.
After earning top graduate honors from two intelligence training
programs, he was offered direct admission to the United States Military
Academy. Upon graduation, Mr. Torpy was commissioned as an officer and
served for five years in Germany, Kuwait, and Iraq with the Army's 1st
Armored Division. He left the service in 2005 at the rank of Captain to
pursue an MBA. He now serves as the President of
the Military Association of Atheists and Freethinkers (MAAF), a civil
rights and community organization supporting atheists and humanists in
the military

MAAF has been working directly with AF Academy officials,
and long-term abuses are now being replaced by training on Free
Exercise as well as Establishment Clause protections. Over 100 military
chaplain endorsers have heard our needs and understand they have a
responsibility to all service members, including nontheists. More
importantly, they know how. The failures of the military's Spiritual
Fitness have been exposed, but they continue to expand.

Learn at these events how a growing secular community is rising in opposition to an
entrenched evangelical community in the US military.